St Luke is the author not only of a gospel story about Jesus but also the book of Acts, which describes the growth of the Christian Church in the first century. According to the New Testament, he was a doctor (Colossians 4:14), who accompanied St Paul on some of his missionary journeys. Luke gives us an eyewitness account of Paul's adventures and in particular of the shipwreck that they experienced on their way to Rome. Luke writes his history of the life of Jesus and the Church to explain what happened to a Greek-speaking audience. His writing shows a particular concern for the status of women, the poor and outsiders in society. He is keen to demonstrate that the good news about Jesus is for everyone. It seems very likely that in his careful research Luke spent time with Mary the mother of Jesus who gave him information for the Christmas story recorded in the opening chapters of his gospel. The following outline is for a collective worship focus on Luke the doctor with a link to one of the stories of Jesus only found in Luke's gospel.